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dubz480
Saints Alley "The Herald" Bourbon
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soonershrink
Reviewed September 19, 2022 (edited March 1, 2023)Batch 5, reported to be 6+ year MGP high rye bourbon mixed with a small proportion of Ironroot Harbinger bourbon, then finished in Armagnac casks. Purchased at the distillery Sept 2022. Fruit on the nose - plum, grape skins, orange rind, followed by burnt sugar, vanilla. The palate shows brown sugar over baked apple, apricot, sweet tobacco. The rye of the MGP is evident in the mix. The finish has a little bit of a dark chocolate bitterness that rides out with some baking spice and brown sugar. This is something like the kid brother of Bardstown Laubade. It’s younger MGP and the Armagnac casks are likely younger as well. But it’s well-balanced - the finish doesn’t overpower the bourbon, but gives another layer of complexity. It’s definitely not at the level of the Bardstown, and it’s probably a notch below Joseph Magnus, but at $65 for the bottle, I’d do it again.65.0 USD per Bottle -
KKahil
Reviewed February 16, 2022N: prominent sweetness and fruit, orange peel, grape/wine twinge T: matches the nose, sweetness up front, not sugary more sweet fruit, spice at the back, mildly tannic, a little younger oak F: moderate finish, spice lingers, not a ton of complexity, medium viscosity not super oily or coating Pretty balanced, but a little more age would help the bourbon stand out I think, the armanagac is more prominent here to me with just some spice
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